Donald Maxwell — The Enchanted Road

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this travel tale from Donald Maxwell. First edition. Illustrated throughout with a coloured frontispiece, twenty-five plates, and many in-text images for a total of ninety-nine images, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. An autobiographical travel book, following the author in a charming tale of vivacity and delightful humour. Bringing mysticism and magic to the land of Kent. Written and illustrated by Donald Maxwell, an English artist and writer noted for his topographical works. In the original quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dustwrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light spotting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Donald Maxwell. Near Fine/Very Good.